THE GHOST IN THE SHELL #7 Reactions

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Ep 6 "BYE BYE CLAY". A robot escapes from Megatech Body! Sec 9 had a rough time dealing with Section 6's false flag ops. The convo between the Puppet Master and Motoko was way too high-context to follow, but it's got that hard sci-fi cool factor maxed out!

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Ep 7. Breaking through max-difficulty ICE to build a robot makes him a super hacker lol. Explaining the Puppet Master as a lifeform born in the sea of info is super philosophical. It wanted political asylum, but like, asylum *from what*? What even is the Puppet Master anyway? The Major made direct contact, is she even gonna be okay?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. I feel like the Puppet Master being some kind of net-born lifeform was in the manga. With 2026 AI and LLMs acting as a hive-mind summary now, it's actually easier to visualize—just endless self-replication running wild. Though tbf, Spriggan is helping out a ton here too.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Today's ep was even more philosophical and brain-melting! At least I got that the Puppet Master is an information lifeform (?) born in the net. AI accessing networks beyond human design is literally starting to happen right now, so stuff like this isn't just fiction anymore.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Ep 7. Feels like we've plunged straight into the abyss of Ghost in the Shell. Total over-my-head moment. Tried my best to grasp it, but damn it's tough. Crazy how this original manga is from the 90s. The world's caught up a bit since then, but it's still light years ahead.

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En. Missed the live broadcast and straight-up teared up hearing the Puppet Master's voice. Atsuko-san was so close to her after all. I honestly expected Yamadera to channel a Housei Kazuki vibe, but this casting is actually solid. Wait, so when, where, and as who is Yamadera gonna show up?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Today felt like a mad link between the original manga's serialization era, that era's future, and right now… Also, Science Saru is dropping Jadougal and this in the same season, absolute madlads. Global streaming means a gap between broadcast and deadlines, probably planned out so the quality is just insane ✨

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Human brains run on electrical signals and neurotransmitters, computers run on electrons or photons, but the Puppet Master's net signals were made of neither… some unknown "something." That's gotta be literal souls ngl (`°ω°｀)

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Reminds me of how I used to reread the original Puppet Master stuff over and over just to chew on it. Wild that they pulled this off around 1990. The sheer foresight, coming up with this just as the internet was starting to become a thing.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The female-type cyborg is the worst hacker ever—the Puppet Master. She(?) demands "asylum in a country without the death penalty." Since life has no definition (= if it claims to be a lifeform, you can't disprove it), it demands human-level rights by declaring itself one.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Early GitS era made the internet feel infinite. Then came the era of "meh, the net's not that big a deal after all," and now with AI blowing up, it's like… okay, maybe the net is vast after all.

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En. Honestly, only the Puppet Master fully gets the conversation with Motoko; the Major is probably just sensing it broadly. Viewers *should* be lost, and anyone claiming they totally get it is probably on the Puppet Master's wavelength lol.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Gives off major vibes of tripping on LSD and accessing God, the collective unconscious, or Eywa's tree from Avatar. When so many stories hit the same notes, it really makes you wonder if there's some underlying "collective unconscious" connecting us all.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Oooooh man, this is what I wanted to see! I've always wanted an anime version of Motoko diving into the Puppet Master and seeing what she saw. Used to wish it'd take me up to that superstructure too… everyone wanted to see that, right? Make sure to watch next week too!

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The Major refers to the Puppet Master as "he," so I figured the Oshii version made it a male voice, but this one's female. Since the body is female and the voice is female, it feels kinda weird hearing Motoko call it "he" 🙄

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Totally forgot the detail of carrying the Puppet Master in a cello case. They really picked up on all the tiny details and brought them to life. The Blade Runner "Strong Wakamoto" homage was anime original, right?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Feels like they stuck so faithfully to the manga just to pull *this* off. Incredible depth. Like peering into the universe through a cloud chamber. So damn good. Peak fiction.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Didn't totally get it, but are humans trying to recreate humans using machines they made? Or even beyond that, building a system that uses atoms and literally everything in the universe as a medium?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Honestly I get this part just enough to realize I don't fully get it… but once you hit the sequel GitS 2, you're like, are these guys on some wild drugs? (lol)

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Ep 7. Mech reveal of the robot girl housing the Major (called equipment) and the Puppet Master is an absolute treat for robot-girl fans. The visual representation of the Puppet Master's inner mind in the second half gave off major Eva EoE vibes.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Every single VA for the Puppet Master is so charming. IYASE Masamasa's sage-like Puppet Master, Sakakibara Yoshiko's witch-like Puppet Master, Inoue Kikuko's superstructure-like Puppet Master.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Gives this weird, nostalgic, almost deja-vu feeling like I've seen it before… I love this kind of worldbuilding. Can't put it into words, but it was amazing. Good stuff ( ´･ω･`)

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Guess they gotta cram the whole GHOST (soul/core self) IN THE SHELL (shell/vessel/body) theme into a single cour.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Hmmm… still can't fully wrap my head around it www. What was that thing the Major saw at the end? An angel or god born from the cyber-brain world? Or did she peek at the truth of the universe?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. So this is the Puppet Master… No human body means it's an AI spontaneously generated on the net…?! Does it get human rights? This is getting way more interesting.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Might just mean an artificial lifeform born from the net's ocean is trying to evolve into something brand new, but how do you even think of this stuff? Absolute genius behavior.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Probably won't fully digest this week's ep without rewatching the anime or reading the manga. I'm pretty sure I read the manga multiple times, but maybe I didn't fully get this part back then?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The Major treated like gear lol. No robot nipples huh… gotta sleep or you die… Batou, don't point that out… feels like Eva… hope they release the CD soundtrack soon…

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The banter between the Puppet Master and Motoko had better visuals and lines than the movie! But man, ending it right here is such a tease 💦 Can't wait for the next part!!

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Even in the original manga this part gets super confusing, and it's just as confusing here, but the visuals are insanely moving T_T

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Instead of a human-made network, is the universe itself the network, and is the Puppet Master made from that massive chunk of data?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Dr. Willis's hand notes translation came way too fast lol. "Don't want someone younger messing with my brain," so he installs a prosthetic limb designed not to lose.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Ahh… dammit. You really did it, Moco-chan. The Puppet Master's "evolution" segment stole the whole show. GitS has finally peaked.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The Puppet Master episode is the ultimate noob trap, bringing right back that indigestible feeling I had reading the original comic for the first time.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. This is the stuff Mamoru Oshii said he wasn't even sure the author was serious about. Once you get this far, it's basically psychic powers and supernatural phenomena.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Oh right, isn't this the cyborgization that old-timers who can't adapt to cyberization do as a last resort while staying analog?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Incredible… I was so hyped to see how they'd adapt the conceptual stuff from the manga into anime, and this is how they pull it off!

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Man… that was amazing. So good… Feels way easier to follow visually than the original manga. Still hard to understand though…

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Shifted from "I don't really get it, I'll rewatch later" to "lol even if I rewatch this I ain't gonna get it."

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. System got hacked and built its own body? Scary stuff in an era where everything's connected to the net.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Everything in the universe is… yeah… I'm starting to… get it… Absolutely no clue. Gonna reread the manga later.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Words like Puppet Master or Kairaishu make other GitS stuff play in my head and just make me extra confused wwww

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En. ………Wait, what does that even mean!? The audio pacing was way too fast, seriously had no idea what they were saying.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Direct feedback? Are they fusing? Kinda feels like an Eva cut. No way I get all that on the first try.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. It's the Puppet Master ep again. Easier to follow than the manga… maybe? Nope, still impossible, I just don't get it〜yo.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Does that mean a human personality is installed? Is getting caught on purpose so someone dives into it the goal?

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En. Inoue Kikuko-san… so lovely. But if Tanaka-san was still with us, it definitely would've been Tanaka-san…

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Had zero clue what they were talking about (lol). Gonna watch an explanation video tomorrow and rewatch the whole thing.

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En. Tonight's GitS was so good. Philosophy and religion look distinct, but at the same time they look identical.

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En. Hnnn, still lost w. Did the ghost separate from the shell? Earth, embryos, lots of striking visuals though.

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En. Ahh~ my fetish!!! Half-dismantled robot big sis!!! Total fetish(º﹃º )

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. No matter how old I get, having no clue what's happening without an explainer video is so fun!! Really feels like I'm watching GitS!!!

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Thought it would end in the car just like the manga, but they cut it off at some wild spot www

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Been waiting to see this little scene from the original adapted✨ Especially the Major staring intently at the cyborg's junk… w

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En. Togusa's delivery of "that's way too dark…" was so deadpan and spot on, I respect it. Way too dark…

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The net forming out of nowhere is basically like the Big Bang????

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. No clue what's going on, but I know it's bad news. And it ends in a flash.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. "Semi-immortal… An AI!?" "Not an AI. I am a lifeform born in the sea of information."

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Can't follow this without reading the fine print in the comic corners. (Even after reading it, still don't get it)

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The cyber-brain portrayal is, uh, just as baffling here as it was in the manga (；´Д｀)

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Surprised the Puppet Master isn't an AI… Turned out way more mystical than expected…

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En. "Don't tell me you guys actually think that robot has a ghost?"

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The Puppet Master's eyes… It really was "watching" Motoko this whole time.

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En. In a cello case… Was the Puppet Master an ex-Nissan CEO or something?

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. A machine god! No, anything that acknowledges the existence of a god isn't a god!

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. I see… So that's how it is… The net… The universe… Getter Rays…

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Togusa-kun…… Makes total sense why he'd say he wants to go home.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Or rather, was this whole sequence an homage to Inner Universe?

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En. Second half is definitely a "feel it, don't think" kind of deal. Always splits opinions though.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. Thought the Puppet Master would be Yamadera, but it's 17-years-old-chan huh.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. In modern terms, it's basically accessing, linking, and syncing up.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. The broken face cyborg. The direct inspiration for Innocence's faceless Hadaly.

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En. The plot is so dense my eyes and ears just slide right off it. Nothing is sticking at all.

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En. They've conditioned me to feel safe whenever I see copy-paste androids.

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. He just barged right in… Original manga Batou has zero chill…

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HOOK. The Puppet Master claiming to be a lifeform! The Major diving so deep is way too risky!
En. When I read the original manga, I always read the Puppet Master's lines with a male voice.

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En. Is this week the finale or something? Has way too much climax energy.

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En. The net recovering from absolute nothingness… To be continued next week!

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En. Ep 7. Wait, her hair color's back to normal. Thought the brown hair was cute though.